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The Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) Regulations and Recent Amendments

The Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) Regulations (the "Regulations") introduced the obligation on all companies constituted under the Companies Act, to submit to the Registrar a declaration containing information on all the beneficial owners of the company. This information submitted to the Registrar is used to compile an electronic register of all the beneficial owners of Maltese companies. The Regulations exempt certain entities from the obligations established by the Regulations. Exempted entities are companies listed on a regulated market which are subject to disclosure requirements consistent with EU law, or any equivalent international standards which ensure adequate transparency. Moreover,…
Anna Grech
13th August 2019